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all the little ma and pa stores in the bronx and the city that just the inventory change alone could break their backs, but it's nuts, so imperial to me. >> neil: what do you make of it, adam? >> well, 20 years ago i covered the story when mcdonald did away with the polly styrene clamshell. they went to a product not as good, but they and their customers survived and i expect you new yorkers will survive this ban as well. >> neil: dpchgerri. >> there's a money angle, in the house they banned styrofoam and costs went through the roof. and the bodegas on 6th and 48th and 47th can't afford to make this change, it's ridiculous. >> i started his soft drink move because, well, because we have socialized medicine in new york and if you're going to have socialized medicine you get to control what people, the poison that people put in their body, but it does seem that like he gets caught up in these, in these sort of nanny state issues like, for example, it's his way or the highway, we're going to have the new york city marathon. going to have runners run through staten island, devastated lik
all the little ma and pa stores in the bronx and the city that just the inventory change alone could break their backs, but it's nuts, so imperial to me. >> neil: what do you make of it, adam? >> well, 20 years ago i covered the story when mcdonald did away with the polly styrene clamshell. they went to a product not as good, but they and their customers survived and i expect you new yorkers will survive this ban as well. >> neil: dpchgerri. >> there's a money angle, in...
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many mayors, city councils, and state legislators who have tried for decades to do the same thing. even so, the president is ready to ante up 1 million of our taxpayer dollars to spend on 15 hubs around the country. naturally, politicians are responding by putting there hands out. senator jack reader rhode island said he wants some of the money, available in such a program because he said the state was the first place for the industrial revolution. then there is congressman mike honda of silicon valley. you might have thought that area needed no help from congress, but he would like a piece of the action because silicon valley is the manufacturing center in its own right. on and on and on the coast. the president offering our money and local politicians more than happy to laugh at that. what the president has right is there is a smaller manufacturing renaissance. very small. what is feeling it is not a government program lower-cost. listen to this. the manhattan institute says fracking has lowered energy costs so much that it makes the u.s. more competitive. watch out, china. of co
many mayors, city councils, and state legislators who have tried for decades to do the same thing. even so, the president is ready to ante up 1 million of our taxpayer dollars to spend on 15 hubs around the country. naturally, politicians are responding by putting there hands out. senator jack reader rhode island said he wants some of the money, available in such a program because he said the state was the first place for the industrial revolution. then there is congressman mike honda of...
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cities are the moral of the health and freedom of man. if we continue to pile upon ourselves to in the cities like they do in europe we shall -- one another as they do their. and that made sense back in the 1700's when we have the whole country spread out and the biggest byproduct was fertilizer. so it's a longer discussion. all three of these are longer discussions, but they are all national crises. the national economic crisis, which is only going to get tougher and we have a national health crisis which is bankrupting us and a sandy proved all too clear a couple of weeks ago global warming is beginning to affect us dramatically and now we are not talking about stopping it. obviously the less of it have the better we will be and the more we can do to solve these problems. that is the center of our challenge as a nation. >> now on booktv patrick james explains international relations using themes found in the book "lord of the rings." this is about half an hour. >> hello unwelcome to the scholar circle. the "lord of the rings" trilogy an
cities are the moral of the health and freedom of man. if we continue to pile upon ourselves to in the cities like they do in europe we shall -- one another as they do their. and that made sense back in the 1700's when we have the whole country spread out and the biggest byproduct was fertilizer. so it's a longer discussion. all three of these are longer discussions, but they are all national crises. the national economic crisis, which is only going to get tougher and we have a national health...
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the resorts of the catskill mountains. 100 miles from new york city in the '40s, '50s and '60s, they attracted predominantly jewish visitors, many of them immigrants. they came for the fresh air and the shows. there was lots of both. and the performers spoke their language which was frequently yiddish. the place became known as the borscht belt, and before long big name stars... >> i feel great. i really feel wonderful. i just got back from a pleasure trip. i took my mother-in-law to the airport. >> reporter: ... like milton berle and george burns added to stages of big catskills hotels to their list of must stops. >> there was grossingers the concorde. >> 3,000 people. kut was 1500 people. >> reporter: they were packed? they were packed. reporter: if you are of a certain age and from a certain area, chances are these scenes certainly look familiar. and you might even be familiar with stewy stone. >> my applause. how many people still remember the concorde hotel? was that a great part of our life? the catskills. >> reporter: one of so many comedians who made names for themselves in t
the resorts of the catskill mountains. 100 miles from new york city in the '40s, '50s and '60s, they attracted predominantly jewish visitors, many of them immigrants. they came for the fresh air and the shows. there was lots of both. and the performers spoke their language which was frequently yiddish. the place became known as the borscht belt, and before long big name stars... >> i feel great. i really feel wonderful. i just got back from a pleasure trip. i took my mother-in-law to the...
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the poorest neighborhoods in the city. people who are running for office are reaching out to their constituents, ordinary citizens, they're having house parties in people's living rooms, not large, you know, large check fund-raisers. and the statistics are that the people who participate in the system get the majority of their funding from small contributors and only a small minority of what are still large contributions of, you know, $1,000 and up. >> this is a gigantic change. i mean, people should appreciate who gets to run for office when you have a system like this. librarians run for office, ex-teachers run for office. it's not just people who have a rolodex of prospective donors who get to run for office. and it's good for the candidates and the voters alike. there's a lot of middle class and working class people who can put that $10 and $20 and $50 together. that's worth $70 or $140 or $350 to the candidate. so it makes a house party with 30 people at which you raise $1,000, which takes a couple of hours, it's wort
the poorest neighborhoods in the city. people who are running for office are reaching out to their constituents, ordinary citizens, they're having house parties in people's living rooms, not large, you know, large check fund-raisers. and the statistics are that the people who participate in the system get the majority of their funding from small contributors and only a small minority of what are still large contributions of, you know, $1,000 and up. >> this is a gigantic change. i mean,...
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and the answer, again, is the city. this is fundamentally the opposite of the american ethos, you know? from jefferson on. cities are essential to the health and freedom of man. if we continue to pile upon ourselves in cities as they do in europe, we shall take to eating one another as they do there. [laughter] that was jefferson. and that just continued and continued. and it made sense back in the 1700s when we had the whole country to spread out on. but that's not the case now. so it's a longer discussion. all three of these are a longer discussion. but they're all national crises. we have a national economic crisis which is only going to get tougher, we have a national health crisis which is bankrupting us, and as sandy proved all too clear a couple weeks ago, global warming is beginning to affect us dramatically. and now we're not talking about stopping it, we're talking about mitigating it. but, obviously, the less of
and the answer, again, is the city. this is fundamentally the opposite of the american ethos, you know? from jefferson on. cities are essential to the health and freedom of man. if we continue to pile upon ourselves in cities as they do in europe, we shall take to eating one another as they do there. [laughter] that was jefferson. and that just continued and continued. and it made sense back in the 1700s when we had the whole country to spread out on. but that's not the case now. so it's a...
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right now in the 50s across the city of tampa but very cold. nighttime hours, very cold temperatures and tomorrow in parts of the northern plains, snow is heavy and lot colder across places in the northern plains. >> kelly: thank you very much. >> heather: as the senate prepares to confirm former g.o.p. senator chuck hagel as the next secretary of defense new questions about whether all the opposition to his nomination will hurt his ability to lead in the long run. here is lindsay graham is addressing this issue on fox news sunday earlier today. >> even if you allow hagel to be confirmed in a weekly when you come back from recess, do you worry at all he will be damaged and therefore less effective in dealing inside the pentagon? >> i would worry about a congress being jammed to support a nominee that the "washington post" is said to the left of obama policy agenda and on the fringe of the senate. >> heather: joining me now is brad blakeman and erlina maxwell i'll start with you. it does appear that chuck hagel will be confirmed as secretary of
right now in the 50s across the city of tampa but very cold. nighttime hours, very cold temperatures and tomorrow in parts of the northern plains, snow is heavy and lot colder across places in the northern plains. >> kelly: thank you very much. >> heather: as the senate prepares to confirm former g.o.p. senator chuck hagel as the next secretary of defense new questions about whether all the opposition to his nomination will hurt his ability to lead in the long run. here is lindsay...
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space and beyond the casa, day trips in grenada oldest colonial city and check out the southern pacific coast of nicaragua. it's unspoiled, undiscovered and they do private sailing excursions as part of the resorts. >> clayton: amazing, two bedroom place to yourself. the house, five nights stay and the flight for $1500 a person. >> yes. >> clayton: go to courtney.com-- go to travelocity.com where courtney has a lot of great deals for you. great to see you. >> great to see you, thanks. >> clayton: doctors only gave this baby a 5% chance of survival and find out how doctors saved baby edward by freezing his body. that story, you don't want to miss coming up. then, the best news a mom could ask for, her soldier daughter home from war, wait until you see the big surprise she planned, that story at the top of the hour. ♪ ♪ but, dad, you've got... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of dennis ] indeed. are you in good hands? ... >>> fox and friends, i'm anna. i'm in. when it comes fo
space and beyond the casa, day trips in grenada oldest colonial city and check out the southern pacific coast of nicaragua. it's unspoiled, undiscovered and they do private sailing excursions as part of the resorts. >> clayton: amazing, two bedroom place to yourself. the house, five nights stay and the flight for $1500 a person. >> yes. >> clayton: go to courtney.com-- go to travelocity.com where courtney has a lot of great deals for you. great to see you. >> great to...